Improvement in washing and wringing-machines



Letters Patent No.' 113,352, dated April 4, 1871.

IMPROVEMENT 1N WASHING AND WRINGING-MACHINES.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same. l

To all whom it lnul/y concern Be it known that LJAGOB S. SANDT, of St. Joseph, Buchanan county, in theState of Missouri, have invented a new and useful Combined' Washing and Wringing-Machine, of which the following is a full, clear, and accurate description, reference being had to the annexed drawing making a part of this specification, and in which- Figure 1 `represents a front elevation of my machine.

Figure Z'represents a transverse section of same.

Figures 3 and 4 represent details of sane, hereinafter described.

Similar letters indicate like parts.

The object of my invention is to produce an apparatus which, bya simple interchange of parts, may be used either 'as a'washer or wringer, and which shall be easily attached to or removed from the tub with which itisv used. Y v

A represents a frame, consisting of two uprights a a and a cross-piece, b.

Just above bare twoiroll'e'rs O, lig. 1, C C', fig. 2,

having bearings inthe uprights, as seen.

" The tops ofthe uprights are slotted, as seen in fig. 2, the bottom of the slots affording bearings for the roller D, 'which has a crank, E, on one end, as seen, by which it is operated.

This roller has a corrugated metal covering, such as are commonly used in washing-machines, and 4the (li-- ameter of this roller is such that it engages with the lower rollers, which are made of wood, so as to press firmly upon anythingY placed between the rollers and itsel Above the spindles ofV the corrugated roller are placed blocks e e', e only being shown in iig. 2; Vand above the blocks, and resting upoIL them, are spiral springsd-cl, d only being shown ilrfig. 2, and-extending to the top of the slots iu the uprights, the slots, of course, being grooved, solas to keep them in place.

A bar, H, figs. 1 2,' extending from .one upright to the other, rests in the slots, and, by means of pins oo, iig. 1, o, tig. 2, passing through holes in it-and the `sides ofthe slots, is held firmly down upon the spiral springs.

There are other holes in the uprights, as seen in iig. 4, by which' the pressure of the spring may be changed, at pleasure, by simply 'lowering or raising the bar from one series of holesto the other.

To fasten this to the top I have two cleats G S, figs. 1 3 4, arranged as seen in iig. 1, and screwed securely tothe bottom of the tub The uprights are then slipped into place, the hooks 's s fastened, and two other hooks, n n', n only being shown in g. 1, are slipped over the edge of the tub,

making the whole Very h'rm and secure.

The hook a is directly back of n. The apparatus is now ready for washing. The clothes being passed between the rollers G G and the corrugated roller D, the crank E is operated back'and forth,v giving the clothing a thorough rubbing, but` yet .not such as to injure it.

- When the articles are suliiciently washed and read y= for wringing, I remove the corrugated roller by taking outthe bar H and raising the roller out of the slots. I then insert in its place a roller, P, not shown, made of exactly the same size, but covered wit-h rubber-,like the rollers used iu wringing-machines. The blocks, springs, and bar H being then replaced, yand the crank E attached to the spindle of P, the apparatus is' conI verted into a wringer. `Of course, the pressure of the roller on the clothes may be regulated, as in the case of the washer, by means of the bar H acting ou the spiral springs.

Among the advantages of my apparatus, aside from 'the effectiveness of its operation Vby reasonof'the arrangement and combination of three rollers instead of' two, is the ease with which the apparatus is attached to the tub, its firmness when attached, and the saving of time and expense in having but one machine to perform both the washing and wringing,

I, ofcourse, do not claim any novelty in the use of'` fied.

JACOB S. SANDT.

Witnesses:

L. E. CARTER, J. B. HAWLEY.

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